Nokia N93 shot wins Cannes Lions Film Competition : A team from The Netherlands has won the inaugural Cannes Lions Young Creatives' Film Competition for which entries were filmed on the new Nokia N93 mobile video device. Roos de Kok, an art director from Cygnus X-3 agency and Liat Azulay, an art director at EuroRSCG, created a 30 second commercial that encouraged business travelers to return to Cannes with their partners. They beat nine other teams from around the world to scoop the Gold Medal which was presented by Bernard Brochand, Mayor of Cannes, on Saturday 24 June. The teams were amongst the first users of the Nokia N93, a device that offers uncompromised digital camcorder, telephony and rich communication functionalities.

Nokia 8800 wins Red Dot Award : Nokia's iconic 8800 mobile phone has won the "best of the best" prize at the Red Dot design awards, the world's largest design competition. The Nokia 8800 beat off all competition to become the only mobile phone to receive this renowned design quality award. The Nokia 8800 mobile camera phone was singled out for its innovative, high quality design as well as for its smooth deskstand. It is the first mobile phone to use stainless steel and mineral glass in its sleekly sculpted body. Its features include a screen using more than 260,000 different colors to give striking clarity, and ringtones created by Ryuichi Sakamoto one of the world's leading composers. Award winners will be honored today in Germany.

Nokia N80 receives TIPA Award : Nokia revealed that the Nokia N80 has been voted the Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), the largest photo and imaging press association in Europe. The award is an endorsement of the Nokia N80's industry-leading feature set, which makes it one of the most high performance devices currently available in the marketplace. ommenting on the award, TIPA praised the Nokia N80 as "so much more than just a camera phone." The official comment from the TIPA Awards 2006 jury reads: "the Nokia N80 is a multimedia device with a host of superb functions. It combines a 3 megapixel camera, integrated flash, 20x digital zoom, video and MP3 player.